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JAPAN Forward is a new English-language news and opinion site by Sankei Shimbun, one of Japan’s top newspapers, delivering sensible Japanese voices to the world
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Don't Call Us 'Little Kyoto': Japanese Towns Rethink the Label
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (555+ words) The term "Little Kyoto" is used by some Japanese municipalities whose landscapes resemble Kyoto or that have historical ties to the ancient capital. It has helped them promote their regions, but many are now moving away from it. The National…...
Cheaper Passports Yet to Spur Overseas Travel
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (411+ words) Passport application fees were significantly reduced in July. A 10-year passport had cost ¥15,900 (about $102) when applied for electronically and ¥16,300 ($105) at a counter through June. From July, the fees were cut by ¥7,000 ($45) in both cases. At the same time, the departure…...
Hidden Wonders | Ride a Steam Locomotive Through a Hokkaido Forest
2+ week, 3+ day ago (532+ words) The Amemiya No. 21 steam locomotive runs through Maruseppu Forest Park Ikoi-no-Mori. It once served on a forest railway transporting timber in Engaru, Hokkaido. (©Sankei/Kazuya Kamogawa) In Hokkaido's Maruseppu area, which once prospered through forestry, a century-old steam locomotive originally…...
Mount Fuji Rules and Entry Fees: Have Conditions Improved?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1590+ words) Hikers climb a rocky section of hardened lava near the seventh station of the Yoshida Trail on Mount Fuji on July 15. (©Sankei/Noriyuki Ishige) A ¥4,000 (about $25) climbing fee was introduced on Mount Fuji's Yoshida Trail last year. But have conditions…...